Margret Mgbudom, a Nigerian woman, was charged by the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Navsari, Gujarat, India, for allegedly smuggling cocaine worth Rs 1.49 crore.
According to the Indian Express, Gujarat’s State Monitoring Cell confiscated imported cocaine worth N256 million from Mgbudom last Wednesday.
The 37-year-old has been in SMC’s custody since Wednesday.
According to the report, her case was first filed with the SMC police station on January 31, 2025.
The Nigerian woman, a Meera Road resident in Mumbai, was charged under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act after law enforcement agents received information on Tuesday.
Her car was searched from Maharashtra during a highway surveillance trip, and a forensic study revealed that the seized contraband was 149.51 grams of cocaine.
The SMC arrested her on the scene, and police grabbed her passport.
Speaking about her arraignment, SMC police inspector V. C. Jadeja said, “After primary interrogation, she disclosed that the drug is owned by a person named Elder in Nigeria. She got the drug from one Emmanuel of Mumbai to get it delivered to a person in Surat. She hired a car from Mumbai and was on her way to Surat.
“We suspect that an international drug cartel is active in India, and it is operated from Nigeria. The cocaine might have come from Nigeria through peddlers, but it is the local members of the cartel in India who identify the customers and sell it at high rates.”
